Hawkinge

Hawkinge
The Kent Battle of Britain Museum in Hawkinge
Hawkinge Location within Kent
Population	8,497 (2021)
District	Folkestone and Hythe
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FOLKESTONE
Postcode district	CT18
Dialling code	01303
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	Ashford
List of places UK England Kent 51°07′01″N 1°09′50″E / 51.117°N 1.1638°E / 51.117; 1.1638

Hawkinge (/ˈhɔːkɪndʒ/ HAW-kinj) is a town and civil parish in the Folkestone and Hythe district of Kent, England. The original village of Hawkinge is actually just less than a mile (c. 1.3 km) due east of the present village centre;^[1] the village of Hawkinge was formed by the merging of Hawkinge and Uphill.^[2]